Five people lost their lives on Monday when a vehicle in the convoy of Gov. Mohammed Bago rammed into another vehicle, resulting in multiple fatalities.
On Tuesday, the accident which occurred at Gidan Mangoro in Minna, involved a Toyota Hilux conveying the Director-General of the Government House, Mr Dauda Chikuba, and another vehicle conveying five students of the Federal University of Technology.
Four of the five students died on the spot, while the driver of the Government House vehicle conveying the DG also died on the spot.
While the governor’s convoy was returning to Minna, the vehicle conveying the students was heading towards Bida.
Eyewitnesses said the governor’s entourage was returning to Minna after the governor and his team paid a condolence visit to the Etsu Nupe and Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, over the passing of the Sagi Nupe, Hajia Aisha.
